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Red alert as Fulham edge closer to the drop

Fulham 0 Liverpool 2

That intriguing philosopher George Santayana once contended that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Rafael Benitez's Liverpool would doubtless have given Santayana much to ponder. In last season's final Premier League away game, Liverpool kept more than one eye on the Champions League and effectively fielded a reserve team, hence a start for Emiliano Insua and a cameo for Harry Kewell. Much to Sheffield United's chagrin, Fulham's victory helped ensure their survival by two places and one point.

This year, at the same place, at almost the same time of the season and with the Champions League looming again, Liverpool remembered their past, repeated their history and made eight changes from their previous game. This time though, they surely condemned Fulham to the Championship.

Liverpool's victory put them within a point of next season's Champions League and Benitez was unrepentant over his selection policy. "My